Crappie Anglers of Texas Tournament Trail on Lake Palestine

CAT recently held its 3rd Crappie Anglers of Texas Qualifier Tournament of 2016 on Lake Palestine March 19,2016. Lake Palestine proved challenging to fish with the high winds. Once again the lake did not disappoint, there were ten fish weighed in at over 2 pounds! We had 29 teams,19 teams signed up for Division 1 and Division 2 had 10 teams. Here are the results:

In Division 1, The father and son team of Larry Junell (Quinlan, TX) and Dustin Junell (Richardson, TX) won first place with a stringer of seven fish weighing 12.07 pounds. Second place was won by Jeff Schweiterman (Parker, TX) and James Rains (E. Tawakoni, TX) with a seven fish stringer weighing 10.85 pounds. This team also won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Challenge Award. Paul O'Bier (Gunter, TX) and George Nelon (Boyd, TX) netted 3rd place with their stringer of seven fish weighing10.37 pounds. Other awards in Division 1 went to: A.J. Matura and Carolyn Matura (Chandler, TX) took home the Bobby Garland Big Fish Award with a slab weighing 2.92 pounds. Chris Waters (Denton, TX) and Larry Middleton (Boyd, TX) won the Slab Bandit Crazy Eight Award. Todd Box (Alba, TX) and Belinda Box (Alba, TX) netted the Constant Pursuit Outfitters Lightest Stringer Award. Hayden Standerfer won the Pro Angler Junior Angler Award and Hayden and his dad Cody Standerfer (Prosper, TX) were the winners of the Minnow Bucket Lucky Dog Award.

In Division 2, Jimmy Leonard (Plano, TX) won first place with a stringer weighing 9.77 pounds. Jimmy also won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Challenge Award and the Bobby Garland Big Fish Award with a nice crappie weighing 2.44 pounds. Second place was won by Clay Gann (Hideaway, TX) and Todd Froebe (Lindale, TX) with a stringer of 7 fish weighing 9.25 pounds. Coe Parker (Houston, TX) and Jamin Castleman (Houston, TX) rounded out the top three spots and took home 3rd place with a seven fish stringer weighing 8.60 pounds. Other awards in Division 2 went to: Stuart Angelle (Flower Mound,TX) won the Slab Bandit Crazy Eight Award. Langdon Froebe won the Pro Angler Junior Angler Award. Ron Duran (Lewisville, TX) and David Cobb (Grapevine, TX) won the Big Earl’s Bait and Tackle Lucky Dog Award.

Crappie Anglers of Texas Tournament Trail 2016

DATE LAKE TYPE
April 2 Lake Fork 3rd Annual CAT Crappiefest "Big Fish" Open Tournament
May 21 Lake Ray Roberts CAT Qualifier
June 4 Jr. Angler Tournament
Cedar Creek Lake Jr. Angler Tournament
June 18 Cooper Lake CAT Qualifier
July 16 Lake Texoma CAT Qualifier
August 20 Lake Tawakoni CAT Qualifier
October 14 & 15 Lake Lewisville Texas State Crappie Championship

About CAT
Crappie Anglers of Texas is a non-profit organization dedicated to the sport of crappie fishing. With over 280 members nationwide, CAT has been instrumental in gaining national attention for crappie fishing in Texas and continues to develop its member’s knowledge of crappie fishing through educational meetings, seminars and fishing tournaments. All CAT tournaments pay back at least 100% of the anglers’ entry fees.
For Information, go to the CAT website (www.crappieanglersoftexas.com) or contact:
Jay Don Reeve
214-448-9308
[email protected]